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Opinion: Renaming ministries plays crucial role in shaping political agenda 14 June 2024
Three new ministries have been formed in the Netherlands: Asylum and Migration, Housing and Spatial Planning & Climate and Green Growth. Of course, th...
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The number of threats is increasing. But is the Netherlands less safe? 11 June 2024
Explosions at people’s homes, gangland killings and online threats: if you follow the news, it may seem as though threat levels in the Netherlands are...
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Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers 11 June 2024
Eleven lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded Comenius grants that will allow them to work with their teams on an innovation project withi...
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Visit to Ghana: Leiden University strengthens ties with partners in Africa 11 June 2024
Leiden University will deepen its cooperation with knowledge institutions in Africa. During a trip to Ghana, a delegation spoke with several African k...
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Public Administration students write consultancy report for municipality The Hague 10 June 2024
How do you transition from research to advising an organisation? A new twist on the first-year public administration course ‘Integrative project: the ...
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Public leadership in a wider perspective: ‘Leadership is for everyone’ 10 June 2024
The field of leadership suffers from ‘adjectivism’, says Professor Ben Kuipers. He immediately caveats this by saying that he too is going furnish the...
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Alumni from Brussels: ‘Leiden University has a fantastic reputation here’ 05 June 2024
They dreamed of Brussels, worked hard and finally succeeded: working for Europe. The list of Leiden University alumni in Brussels is long. A few days ...
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LIFES: From Reusable Data to New Treatments and Faster Diagnoses 04 June 2024
Early diagnosis, new treatments, and personalised care: all of these are possible if we can better unlock the wealth of information hidden in health d...
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Experiment in Leiden SSH labs: a peek inside a civil servant's head 04 June 2024
You would normally not see public administration experts and water authority officials in a laboratory, let alone together. This is changing now, spec...
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FGGA students look back: ‘My life has never been busier, but I would not change it’ 03 June 2024
It is the final stretch for the students of FGGA. Summer is approaching and they are working hard to complete everything before the summer holidays. W...
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AI model accurately predicts endometrial cancer recurrence 03 June 2024
Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have developed an AI model that accurately predicts the risk of endometrial cancer recurr...
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Planting polder rice barefoot in the mud: ‘Searching for the agriculture of the future’ 30 May 2024
After decades of intensive farming, the peatland area is under pressure. Researchers, farmers and policymakers work together in the Polderlab to ident...
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‘Ties with Leiden University important for prospective prime minister Dick Schoof’ 30 May 2024
Dick Schoof can also be called the neighbour of the faculty in The Hague. Especially from his role at the NCTV, he worked together a lot with Leiden U...
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Migrants cost European governments less than their native-born citizens do 29 May 2024
Migrants are far less of a burden on the budget of European countries than is often thought. In many cases, they make a more positive contribution tha...
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‘When I'm in the Hortus, it feels like I'm walking through the print’ 27 May 2024
Four prints, ten years of research. Not that she got bored of them, on the contrary. Corrie van Maris, who receives her PhD this week, has always rema...